Triple 'A' Flying

Humberside International Airport  -  UK

Triple 'A' Flying and HarvsAir are pleased to announce 
their
"JAA Training partnership Programme "

The Partnership between Triple “A” Flying and Harvsair  has been formed in order to facilitate training to obtain a JAA "Frozen" ATPL. The Programme has been designed to obtain the best of both worlds by maintaining the highest of professional standards but at the same time significantly reducing costs. An “ab initio” pilot, (ie. a would be pilot with zero flying experience), by gaining a Canadian (ICAO) PPL(A), CPL(A),  Multi Rating  and IR(A) en route to a JAA “Frozen” ATPL, can realistically achieve cost savings of up to £10,000 (Sterling) compared to the equivalent costs of doing all  JAA training in the UK. There is also the added bonus that in this part of Canada there are over 300 VFR flying days per year.

The UK/Canada Training Programme is eminently suited for the “ab initio” to “Frozen “ ATPL student or for those already holding a PPL(A) and just wishing to build up hours and/or train to obtain the  ICAO (Canada) CPL(A), Multi Rating and IR(A) with a view to reducing the minimum hours requirements on the equivalent JAA Modular Courses.  Accordingly a programme can be  specifically  tailored  to suit  the individual, the outlines/costings of which are itemised in the tables below.

For the JAA ATPL (A) Groundschool we have a working relationship with Bristol Ground School UK (www.bristol.gs) for 'distance learning' which we can directly arrange. The “distance learning” could perhaps be undertaken in Canada when also doing the flying although some formal “brush up” time is required to be done at the School in the UK. For a full time Groundschool Course then we can recommend certain institutions on request. The JAA ATPL Ground Exams must be taken in the UK.

What makes this Programme so special?

Apart from cost, one of the main reasons for creating the Partnership Programme stems from the fact that it is becoming  increasingly apparent that students attending for JAA Modular Flight Training often exhibit very mediocre flying skills/standards, often compounded by a lack of basic (flying) background knowledge. This particularly applies where basic flying training or hours building, (often done aimlessly), has been undertaken abroad, usually in the USA. Even when students have achieved some or all of the ICAO equivalents of the JAA CPL(A), MEP Class Rating and the IR(A) in order to try and take full advantage of  JAA Abridged Training, standards have often still been found wanting.

Flying abroad is perfectly understandable with the very substantial attraction of reduced costs, being on average around 50% lower than in the UK. In other respects however standardisation varies considerably and disciplines and standards are often markedly different from those in the UK and other JAA States. Inevitably this leads to significant hours/cost overruns, not to mention mental frustration, when undertaking the JAA Modular Flying Courses. This situation usually arises not because of an inherent incapability of the student but rather due to inadequate information being ascertained, at the early stages of the decision making process to become a professional pilot, as to the precise nature of the JAA Flight Training requirements and standards.

There has been concern in the UK commercial flight training industry regarding standards that some well known schools have been forced to set up a totally separate Pre–JAA CPL(A) Preparation Course of ten or twenty hours flying, as appropriate. Our programme deals with this situation by being pro-active from the outset of training by the provision of detailed information on required background knowledge and of JAA requirements combined with a co-ordinated structured flying programme and a marked upfront emphasis on the correct “mental approach” to the tasks that a professional pilot has to cope with. The “mental approach” is just as crucial as technical flying knowledge and yet is invariably neglected in most schools, or at best is only mentioned in passing.

Triple “A” Flying (established in 1983) and Harvsair (established in 1972), with their joint experience and dedicated career instructors, have the expertise to  provide the level of training necessary to produce, cost effectively, a highly professional pilot, subject to the student possessing the right sort of attitude and willing to work hard to achieve their overall goal.  During training it is essential to acquire skills not just to pass the various Skill Tests but also to cater for the future - for instance so as to be able to perform better than the competition on a simulator check ride for that all important first airline job and achieve an airline command at the earliest opportunity. In this regard proof that our approach to training has been practically effective has been confirmed many times over the years and, in particular, with our liason with Eastern Airways who are based here at Humberside Airport.  Details of the most recent ex-student placements can be found in the NEWS Section on our Website.

Flying training and/or building up hours in Canada will permit a cost effective “structured programme” to be simultaneously followed in preparation for the JAA CPL(A), MEP Class Rating and IR(A) Modular Flying Courses, as required. In turn this will markedly reduce the "culture shock" for the student on their return to the UK, directly resulting in less expenditure and mental strain.

N.B. Before commencing any ground/flying training towards a Professional Pilot qualification it is essential, at a practical level and certainly before expending any large sums of money, to have obtained a JAA Class 1 Medical in addition to any Canadian medical requirements.

Question:    Do I need a student visa or special permissions, etc. to train in Canada?

Answer:   Depends. Not if you are from Europe and any Courses last less than 6 months in total. However as the whole Programme Course in Canada will last for a minimum of 6 months then it would be prudent to obtain a Student Visa in advance. (See Harvsair Website for more details)

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Triple 'A' Flying

The following is a cost breakdown of the average costs to complete the "Triple 'A' Flying/ Harvsair JAA Training Programme"

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